“As soon as I read the script...it was a no-brainer for me that I had to do it. There were some people in my life that were saying: ‘You really want to do that? You really want to do that scene? I mean, honestly, that’s going to stick in people’s minds.’ And I said, ‘Exactly. I want to do things that stick in people’s minds. I think Steven Russell was a man who’s on a journey of love, trying to prove his own worth to himself and the world,. He’s a rather obsessive character in his approach to things. What I loved about him was that he was relentless when it came to love. He would do anything to get what he needs. He’s broken out of prison several times.” - - Jim Carrey in the Chicago Tribune